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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

It was a spring morning early this year….. I was enjoying the glint in his eye as Little King watched one of his favourite songs, “Mine” by Taylor Swift. As we watched the video ,capturing some picture perfect family moments of a young couple with two little boys running around the beach, doing pillow fights jumping up and down on a bed, I heard CJJ asking me, “ nammalum ethu pole aayirikko?” (Are we going to be like them?). I sat there smiling, secretly wishing for that picture perfect family moments, not knowing whether the flutters I had been experiencing on my womb were from a little boy or girl.

And on a beautiful September morning, with a twinkle in his eye and dimple on his chin, he came into our life….. a precious baby boy , our Little Peanut, a beautiful September Surprise… :)

These days as I Iie down there sandwiched between Little King on my left and Little Peanut on my right, I can’t stop smiling and I keep saying, “ Am blessed…..life is beautiful, indeed, with my three men army! “ ?

Little King has been incredibly sweet and caring to his baby brother and he calls his tiny wonder “Babytha..” :)

I cannot thank you enough for all the thoughtful and wonderful messages you sent our way when I disappeared without even saying a word. At times, I still cannot comprehend how someone out there who has never even met us , can give us a place in your hearts and say, “ we miss you…”. Yet, neither could I update this page nor could I reply to the comments and messages left by you, wonderful readers and blogger friends. Our life has been on a roller coaster ride for the last few months with pregnancy, changes in work schedule and routine and later, two wonderful boys. Thank You for being there and keeping us in your thoughts!

It’s been a long time since I logged into my blogger account and now as I draft this post, I realize, I miss writing here!!

61 comments:

Wow!!! Many many Congratulations!! That's such a sweet news (sorry, don't get an apt spl word).

Really missed you...n I am always surprised n feel happy with the tone of your posts. It's so pleasant n from the heart. N never do u sound brash n anything like that. Sorry, totally unrelated to the post.

Coming back, have fun. Life is great with one kid n I can only imagine the joy with two of them. Almost late November..Little King would turn two. Advance bday wishes to him. N you take care. Two kids would also be demanding...;)

hey Shn, It is such a beautiful surprise, congratulations to the proud mama of two lil baby boys.. God bless the little peanut and the little king.. lots of love... take care and yes really really missed u.....

Congrats and God Bless!!! Awesome!! :)I must tell you.. I do love your site a lot.. I love Kerala food and I truly did miss them.But thanks to you!! I did try a lot of recipes from your site.. :)Keep up the great work!! And once again.. Congrats on your bundle of joy :)!

YAY at last get to hear from u.. missed u so bad!!i have never come in front to say that i really love ur blog so much,yes may be commented once or twice here are there.. but u the very first blogger i fell in love with n then now i have a handfull of them!!miss u so much ,pl post .. pl.. i do know u have a littel one..but we reader miss u!!

REally miss u bad... i had being following ur blog since 3yrs and have never come upfront to say so!!Missed u so much!! Please post something wonderfull..i know u have hands full..bt we readers r really missing u so bad.. !!!Me not a blogger but blog junkie!!

Cho Chweet Shn !!congrats to proud parents and to big bro our little king !!am a regular viewer here and in fact missed u very much !!!somehow I expected that U vanished due to some good reason and have been expecting a similar post like this !!am glad that came true !!!take good care of yourselfMitha

Oh My!!! When I came into your page, i was not expecting anything as for the past 'million' days !!! but it was a literally a Shock to see a new post !But now that i am settled and calm-ified myself, let me congratulate you n CJJ for this new blessing! Hearty Congratulations and God bless you so so much !

Shn, I really cant recall when was the last time I visited here as we our self have been relocating and changing places a lot for the past two years..but so much going on here ..congratulations on double bonus ;-D in your life..hope that you someday you will again resume blogging ..take care and take things easy with two little ones..sending you loads of warm wishes and hugs n smiles

Hey Mishmash, am so excited to see you back and that too with such a wonderful reason for being away from the blog world! Congratulations to all of you..and lots of love to the little ones! By the way I tried your lemon cup cakes, the one you did a guest post on Ria's blog, and it turned out very well! Once again so glad to see you back! Cheers

Hey Shn. I have been a regular visitor of your blog ever since I started cooking on my own ;) And I have been wondering where you disappeared to :) Just now I saw a new post title under Mishmash in a blog list in another blog. And I came here right then. So glad to know about the arrival of the baby. God Bless You.

Dear All, Thx a ton for all your wishes and blessings...and thx a lot for taking our Little Peanut into your hearts just like you did for Little King..we are overwhelmed seeing your response even though there was no activity on this page for a long long time....thx again!

A very heartfelt congratulations to all four of you! May God bless your little family with all of his favor, love, and rich blessings! Seriously, Shn.. really, really, really missed you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)